One week after, a 90-year-old grandmother abducted by gunmen in Delta state, southern Nigeria is yet to be found by the police.
Madam Helen Ojeogwu was abducted from her home in Azungwu quarters, Ogwashi-Uku, in Aniocha South local government area of the state, the Delta Police Command said.
The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Celestina Kalu, said the woman was kidnapped by a six-man armed gang who operated in a Mitsubushi L300 bus.
She said: “On July 27, 2015, at about 9.46 p.m., one Ojeogwu Chike of 24 Umuzu St., Azungwu Quarters, Ogwashi-Uku, came to station and reported that one madam Ojeogwu Helen, aged 90 years, has been kidnapped.
“He said that the victim was kidnapped by six unknown gunmen who drove into the victim’s family compound in a dark blue ten-passenger Mitsubushi L300 bus with registration number unknown and took her away to an unknown destination.’’
Kalu said that upon the receipt of the report, the police dispatched an anti-robbery team to the scene.
The spokesperson said that the command had intensified efforts to rescue the victim and arrest the culprits.